This section describes how to start / stop ADSS Server. It is assumed that you have already successfully installed ADSS Server as described in the installation guide.

Windows OS

ADSS Server can be started/stopped in two ways on Windows operating systems:

  • Launch the Windows Services Panel and start the services named Ascertia-ADSS-Core, Ascertia-ADSS-Console and Ascertia-ADSS-Service. This is the recommend approach to start the ADSS Server. Stop and Restart options are also available.
  • ADSS Server can also be started using the batch files. Go to [ADSS Server Home]/tomcat/bin directory and run the following bat files:
    • startup_core.bat
    • startup_console.bat
    • startup_service.bat

      If ADSS Server is started using the batch files then these be stopped by executing the following batch files:
    • shutdown_core.bat
    • shutdown_console.bat
    • shutdown_service.bat
      This is not the recommended approach unless support asks you to do this..


UNIX OS

ADSS Server can be started/stopped in two ways on UNIX based operating system:

  • The ADSS Server can be started from the tomcat daemon. The following are the commands:
    • /etc/init.d/tomcatd-ADSS-core start
    • /etc/init.d/tomcatd-ADSS-console start
    • /etc/init.d/tomcatd-ADSS-service start
      The other supported options are stoprestart and status
  • ADSS Server can also be started using the batch files. Go to [ADSS Server Home]/tomcat/bin directory and run the following bat files:
    • startup_core.sh
    • startup_console.sh
    • startup_service.sh

      If ADSS Server is started using the shch files then these be stopped by executing the following shch files:
    • shutdown_core.sh
    • shutdown_console.sh
    • shutdown_service.sh
      This is not the recommended approach unless support asks you to do this.


When installing ADSS Server using the standard installation wizard there is no need to start the ADSS Server Windows service manually. This is done automatically by the wizard after successful installation.


See also

Accessing the ADSS Server Console
Adding an Operator to ADSS Server
Managing Backups
Managing Disk Space
Upgrading ADSS Server
Checking PKCS11 HSM Functionality
Trace Logs Export Utility